Vinyl | How It's Made

While home consists of what’s under your roof, such as family, friends and furnishings, don’t forget what’s under your feet. Floor coverings also have a huge influence on your home and home life. In this section we explain how vinyl is made. This information can be very advantageous because it enables you to understand the product’s materials and evaluate its performance aspects: why certain vinyl floors wear better and longer.

Rotogravure Construction:

most commonly used method for making residential vinyl floors

offers unlimited possibilities in pattern and design

process involves a print cylinder that spins around while the vinyl's core layer (called the gel coat) passes underneath